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‘The USA provided assistance in the form of an emergency airlift of food and other essentials known as Operation Provide Relief.’

‘The air force provides U.S. military forces with worldwide strategic airlifts and tactical airlifts of men and materiel, effecting deliveries by both air landing and parachute drop.’

‘The third airlift was a total disaster, with bundles dropping into enemy hands and planes and gliders crash-landing throughout the area.’

‘When he spoke of the tempo of operations, he said the sealift capability was critical to their success over the airlift.’

‘He said the agency would identify key routes to be demined to allow deliveries, and was preparing for a possible airlift of food to the worst-hit areas.’

‘First of all, the airlift is the announced airlift - some of it isn't even operational yet.’

‘However, as she did not have medical insurance, no US hospital would treat her and the British government refused to pay for an emergency airlift back to the UK.’

‘And what if you were called upon to signal for an emergency airlift from your PC?’

‘The military took over the shattered New Orleans airport for emergency airlifts, but special teams of Air Force operators had to be sent in to make it ready.’

‘They are huddled in the remaining buildings and relying on airlifts for supplies, since the base's runway was also lost to the deep.’

‘Well, this is the first time in the emergency that the World Food Programme has done airlifts of food into some of the worst affected areas.’

‘It did not take long before the airlift became a multinational and joint logistics marvel.’

‘The area where precious defense resources can be used to best effect is to improve our airlift and sealift capabilities.’

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Transport (troops or supplies) by aircraft.

‘helicopters were employed to airlift the troops out of danger’

‘From here supplies were airlifted to soldiers deployed in the wars in the Balkans and in Afghanistan.’

‘Their tanks, other vehicles and supplies will be airlifted in behind them.’

‘A badly-injured soldier had to be airlifted to hospital after his car smashed into a lamppost.’

‘She was airlifted to Airedale General Hospital where she later died.’

‘A winchman was lowered from the helicopter and along with paramedics and coastguards assessed her condition before moving her onto a stretcher and airlifting her to hospital in Scarborough.’

‘The Ford driver received serious injuries and was airlifted to Middlesbrough General Hospital.’

‘On Thursday, salvors started moving the marine gas oil into containers on the ship, then airlifting these by helicopter to shore, where it is decanted into a big roadside tanker.’

‘Helicopters and crews able to airlift troops and supplies to get behind the other guy, and to get your guys back out when they need a rest or are too outnumbered.’

‘Food and other supplies were airlifted by national helicopters to the workers.’

‘Not only that, but they were the first ever mechanised task force to be airlifted to the region.’

‘A Canadian naval officer has died despite being airlifted from his storm-battered submarine.’

‘Huge sand bags are being airlifted to try to stem the rush of water in that area.’

‘The government has also been airlifting food and non-food supplies to the villages that are not accessible by road.’

‘The body of the divemaster was airlifted to Larnaca General Hospital.’

‘The damaged aircraft was itself airlifted out of the valley by a giant Chinook military helicopter on Wednesday.’

‘Four senior members of the team were quickly flown to where the youth lay and mountain rescuers and helicopter winchman administered first aid treatment to the teenager before airlifting him to Waterford Regional Hospital.’

‘Before we could reach him he had been airlifted to the neurosurgical unit at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow.’

‘Two of the injured officers were airlifted to hospital with head injuries said a police spokesman.’

‘Coast Guards airlifted him after he was resuscitated at the scene.’

‘The road was cordoned off by police and Scott was airlifted to the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.’